Infographic: May 2018 key economic and productivity stats and headlines

Our monthly digest of the salient statistics, trends and headlines includes the our own research on business attitude to the evaluation of management practices, how the job market is looking and why stress in the workplace continues to be a problematic theme.

A key theme in this month’s infographic is the challenges small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) face when it comes to hiring the best people. From competing with bigger companies for prize talent and putting in place a top-level hiring process, find out below what is driving this key economic consideration.

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